Plenary Sessions
Monday, 20 May - Friday, 24 May

Last updated 20 February 2009
Monday, 20 May
08:20		 Lauterbur Lecture: MRI - From Beginnings to Maybe
Each year the ISMRM Scientific Meeting opens with the Lauterbur Lecture to recognize Paul Lauterbur and his many contributions to our field.  In honor of the 10th Scientific Meeting of the ISMRM, this year Dr. Lauterbur will provide his recollections of the beginnings of MRI and his perspective of its future.
 Paul C. Lauterbur, University of Illinois, Urbana, Il, USA
High Field In Vivo Magnetic Resonance
Monday, 20 May
Zahi A. Fayad, John R. Griffiths, Peter Jezzard, Michael E. Moseley, and Douglas C. Noll, Organizers
Educational Objectives:   Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:
Define the rationale for performing human magnetic resonance studies at high magnetic field strength;
Identify the technological challenges that have had to be met and will have to be met in order to successfully employ high magnetic field techniques;
Describe the specific advantages of performing imaging and spectroscopic experiments in human subjects at high magnetic fields;
List several cutting-edge imaging and spectroscopic applications that have been used successfully at high field to study normal healthy human subjects and disease populations;
Appraise the future potential of high magnetic field MR imaging and spectroscopy.
09:00 Technological Challenges and Solutions for High Field In Vivo Magnetic Resonance J. Thomas Vaughan, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
09:25 High Field Human Imaging David G. Norris, F.C. Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
09:50 Clinical and Physiological Studies with High Field Human Spectroscopy and Spectroscopic Imaging Jullie W. Pan, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Microcirculation and Atherosclerosis
Tuesday, 21 May
Zahi A. Fayad, Garry E. Gold, Michael E. Moseley, and Pottumarthi V. Prasad, Organizers
Educational Objectives:  Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:
Explain and apply MR protocols for determination of atherosclerotic disease;
Describe methodology and interpret results for atherosclerotic disease assessment;
Explain why embolization and perfusion are important in the context of stroke and myocardial disease.
08:15 Recognition of the Importance of Embolization in Atherosclerotic and Vascular Disease Christopher Bajzer, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA
08:40 MR Myocardial Perfusion in Atherosclerotic Coronary Artery Disease Norbert M. Wilke, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
09:05 Neuroimaging of Stroke Atherosclerosis Michael Hennerici, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
MR Microscopy
Wednesday, 22 May
Mathias Hoehn, Michael Neeman, and Pottumarthi V. Prasad, Organizers
Educational Objectives:   Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:
Compare the performance of NMR microscopy relative to alternative microscopy modalities, particularly multi-photon optical imaging;
Define the limits of resolution in NMR microscopy;
Recognize potential applications for NMR microscopy;
Appraise the contribution of NMR to developmental biology.
08:15 The Resolution Challenge of Optical Imaging: Multiphoton Optics Winfried Denk, Max-Planck Institute, Heidelberg, Germany
08:40 Dynamic MR Microscopy in Developmental Biology Russell E. Jacobs, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
09:05 Structural and Morphological MR Microscopy: Limits and Potential G. Alan Johnson, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Ethics in Research
Thursday, 23 May
Jörg E. Debatin, Jeffrey L. Evelhoch, David J. Lomas, Riccardo Manfredi, Mark Schweitzer, and Scott E. Swanson, Organizers
Educational Objectives:   Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:
Articulate the principles guiding ethical practices in research;
Describe common questionable research practices and their negative impact on the research process;
Explain how conflicts of interest occur and how they may affect the integrity of the research;
Identify situations that encourage or prevent research misconduct;
Describe how human subjects are best protected in research studies.
08:15 Integrity in Research: Advice from the Office of Research Integrity Alan R. Price, US Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD, USA
08:40 Ethics in the Publication of Research Lee F. Rogers, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
09:05 Ethics and Intellectual Property Judy M. Johncox, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA

Image Reconstruction
Friday, 24 May
Peter Boesiger, Kim Butts, Douglas C. Noll, and Daniel K. Sodickson, Organizers
Educational Objectives:  Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:
Compare the history and evolution of reconstruction approaches for carious medical imaging modalities (CT, MR, nuclear imaging, ultrasound, etc.) and identify connections and commonalties among approaches;
Define current areas of interest and active research in MR image reconstruction; evaluate recent progress in areas such as (1) data regridding and rapid image formation from non-Cartesian acquisitions, (2) non-Fourier imaging approaches, (3) reconstruction of undersampled k-space trajectories and (4) parallel imaging;
Define current areas of interest and active research in MR spectroscopic signal processing and spectroscopic image reconstruction; evaluate recent progress in areas such as (1) data regridding for spectroscopic images and signals, (2) reduction of lipid artifacts, (3) spectral fitting and metabolite quantification and (4) parallel acquisition and reconstruction strategies;
Compare and contrast particular reconstruction needs and challenges for imaging and spectroscopy;
Identify enabling hardware for modern image reconstruction and spectroscopic signal processing; predict future trends in computer hardware, digital signal processor chips, analog-to-digital converters, etc. which may further facilitate the rapid and efficient handling of MR signal data.
08:15 The Computer Image: A Comparative Historical Perspective on Medical Image Reconstruction Across Modalities Gary H. Glover, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
08:40 Current Issues in MR Image Reconstruction Peter Boernert, Philips Research, Hamburg, Germany
09:05 Current Issues in MR Spectroscopic Image Reconstruction and Signal Processing Andrew A. Maudsley, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA